Dois and I have been “evaluating” (debating?) our needs for a safe crossing of the Atlantic to the Carribean in December. In the end, it comes down to our safety equipment which has been steadily marching towards oblivion, one at a time, for the last year or so, culminating in the list that follows. Most items are what we call necessary. Some may be replaced by a better technology or by combining their tasks. Maybe not the life raft... I've never wanted to put one on the boat, seems like you're just asking for trouble.
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Notice the Solar Panels!New Rhodes Harbor, Greece
The weather was good from Magisti to the Isle of Rhodes and we arrived in the afternoon at New Rhodes Harbor. Marina “Berths” where you pull up to a dock and jump off are not the norm here. The marinas have a main dock or a cement quay and the method is to back-up to them and use lines from both sides of the stern to tie up. Sometimes you have to drop your anchor first and then back-up or pickup a mooring or tie off the stern first and pickup a lazy line that is led from the stern to a mooring block forward. Each of these methods would work for us except for one little problem. Ashika doesn't backup in a straight line. She has a long full keel and if there is any current or light breeze she, well.. goes with the flow. |
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